VineyardsSolar canopies over the vines
Bifacial panels protect vines from hail and excess sun, while feeding the winery. The harvest improves; the energy bill disappears.
Solar, made for the Shires
Local solar electricity installation.
Global quality.
We will steward your solar system as carefully as you steward your land, built environment, and business.
We design and install solar for Britain's landowners and business owners, the people stewarding our landscape and built environment.
12+ yr
Engineering
500+
UK installs
25 yr
Warranty
For business owners
For landowners
Farms, estates, agrivoltaics with grazing.
Customer paradigms
Solar that earns its place on the land.
Our favourite installations don't just sit on a roof, they double up as shelter, structure and shade. The land keeps producing. Now it produces electricity too.
Vineyards
Market gardensAgrivoltaics for growers
Pergola arrays shade tender crops, conserve water, and turn an acre of veg into an acre of veg plus 80 MWh a year.
Our philosophy
A different paradigm.
We will steward your solar system as carefully as you steward your land, built environment, and business.
01
Tier-1 engineering
Utility-grade panels, inverters and mounting. The same kit that runs solar farms in Spain and Australia, chosen for 25-year yield, not headline price.
02
Aesthetic & structural integration
Architect-led surveys, black-on-black modules, hidden cabling and recessed inverters. The system fits the building and the landscape, not the other way round.
03
Active monitoring & maintenance
Built for long-term relationships. We monitor every system, audit performance annually, and replace anything that drifts more than 2%.
Why Shires
Built like the buildings we install on.
We started Shires Energy after a decade of installing solar in places that mattered, listed buildings, vineyards, conservation areas. The standards stuck.
Tier-1 panels only
We use the same panels powering utility-scale farms in Spain and Australia. No grey-market kit.
Designed for your land
An architect-led survey before a single bracket is ordered. The system fits the place, not the other way round.
Discreet hardware
Black-on-black panels, hidden cabling, recessed inverters. You see the landscape, not the lattice.
We come back
Annual performance audits for the life of the system. We replace anything that drifts more than 2%.
The big number
The UK could power itself on solar. We'd only need to cover one per cent of the land.
Not on virgin countryside. On the rooftops, barns, car parks and pergolas already there. We wrote the long version, read it, then book a survey.
1%
of the UK